Using Off Campus Library Services Part B © Off Campus Library Services

Assignment 3: “Your group will select a company and discuss the following…”

 Some databases that are good for company research include: ◦Business Source Complete >> More (blue toolbar) >> Company profiles ◦ValueLine ◦LexisNexis ◦Reference USA  LexisNexis database is one of many IWU databases that provides excellent information on companies  Click on: Business (under Article Databases)

Use the Business Link Click on: LexisNexis

Locate the Company Info box. Enter the company name or the ticker symbol. Navigate to the Snapshot page.

Scroll down the page for links to a lot more information including valuable linking with more info!

All the way at the bottom of the page, you have other options for creating a company list, comparing companies. E.g. you might want to compare Amazon with one of its competitors, like Barnes & Noble.

Assignment 4: “Locate this article and be ready to discuss it in class…”

 IWU has a specialized “A-Z” tool that lists all the journals available at IWU  This tool tells you if a journal/magazine/newspaper is available— or not, and in what format  Some titles are available full-text electronically in IWU databases or in paper copy at Jackson Library

You need the article: Unleashing the power of marketing.Harvard Business Review, Oct 2010, p. 90. On the OCLS home page, select: Journal Titles Note: Have your 14 digit Library Access Number ready.

Enter the Journal Title in the Search Box You will find out if IWU owns a Journal and where it is located. HBR is available in several sources. Let’s select Business Source Complete database.

The selected database will come up Select the year

Select the right issue Scroll down to the 23 rd article.

 As we have just shown, a great deal of information is available to you immediately online via the databases  OCLS is your link to databases and library research/resource materials  Questions? Use our online form…

OCLS Online Request form Link from the OCLS Home Page

…Or call us at Let us know how we can help you with your research questions and information needs! Continue on to Part C.